AN EMERGENCY evacuation order was issued again to Hawaii residents last night after the Kilauea volcano explosively erupted again, with more lava expected to pour into nearby homes. But will the Kilauea volcano erupt again - and when?

There's still plenty of magma under the ground. Seismicity is still up. If things get dicey, you got to get out

Hawaii Civil Defense Administrator Talmadge Magno

"The big question is how big a volume of magma is in transit right now in the subsurface and that's not always easy to tell," Charles Mandeville, program coordinator for volcano hazards at the US Geological Survey, told HLN.

“What looks like a safe zone can turn very hazardous very, very quickly and, bear in mind, that the gases coming out of the ground in these fissures are at 2,100 degrees Fahrenheit.”

Officials warned that neighbourhoods which were previously considered safe could now be evacuated as the eruption threat continues.

Hawaii Civil Defense Administrator Talmadge Magno told a public meeting: "There's still plenty of magma under the ground. Seismicity is still up. If things get dicey, you got to get out."

Residents have been told to remain patient as anger grows over the lack of information on when they can return home.

Hawaiian volcano erupts causing thousands to flee

Mon, May 7, 2018

More than 1,700 people are evacuated from their homes, as the Hawaiian volcano mount kilauea erupts.